CBI takes over probe into Gopinath Munde's death

The CBI has begun investigations into the death of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde following a road accident in Delh

TNN | Jun 17, 2014, 06.16 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The CBI has begun investigations into the death of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde following a road accident in Delhi. CBI has taken all the files from Delhi Police, and a forensic examination by CFSL experts of the crime spot and post-mortem report would be done.

CBI sources said their job would be to primarily look into the conspiracy angle in Munde's death even though Delhi Police has thoroughly probed that aspect and nothing has come out.

Home ministry had recommended handing over of the case to the agency after a number of political leaders demanded a CBI probe into the fatal accident of Munde, who had just taken charge as rural development minister in the Narendra Modi government.

Munde, a popular backward class leader from Maharashtra, was on his way to Indira Gandhi Airport on June 3 when his car was hit by another vehicle at the Prithviraj Road-Tughlak Road crossing in the heart of the national capital. Munde died due to shock and haemorrhage following injuries to his neck and liver in the accident.

BJP leaders from Maharashtra, including former party president Nitin Gadkari, had sought a CBI inquiry into Munde's death.

Munde's daughter and MLA Pankaja Munde Palve had in a statement urged the deceased leader's supporters not to fall prey to those trying to make political capital out of the tragedy. "I have spoken to (party leaders) regarding the CBI inquiry and I trust Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am confident he will show the direction in the face of various theories doing the rounds regarding my father's death," she had said after Munde's death.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar had also asked Modi to initiate a CBI probe into the incident to bring out the 'facts' and assuage the feelings of the BJP leader's supporters.

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